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David,
Re: what is it about sacrifice that attracts the attention, I've been puzzling over that one, too. In "fantasy" terms, of course we could say stuff about souls being released from their bodies pop-pop-pop, like popcorn, and the false gods eating them up like . . . uh, popcorn. In standard sfnal terms, we might translate the same into the equivalent "psionic" circuitry. But I agree (I think) with you--there is something =real= happening there besides just the spectacle of sacrifice.
Re: how long at destination, again, I agree. They've probably been in orbit, oh, maybe a hundred years. I also agree with you that Q swam on board within that time--Alice argues that he's been cruise director since day one. Yes, Q is the Aztec god, but I think he's also the brazen serpent of Moses and his brother Auk, er, Aaron.
=We= may be sympathetic towards Q, but Horn knows that his Blue audience will react with utter horror. So the inhumi really are the equivalent of vampires, even if Q is one who tried to be good.
(If there are other inhumi who swam across to the Whorl then Q could be fighting them off. Also possible that when Q sleeps his id rises up and does vampirish things without his complete knowledge--note talk of him stalking around at all hours which he seems to dismiss.)
Re: Calde Tussah, I'm wondering if he isn't Hindu-Indian? That is, from Trivigaunte.
Re: god names, yep, they're all Greek. I'll tell you later (I'm running against the clock right now).
Re: Feist, I think "an audible expression of intestinal gas" would be the answer. (Incus brother = Femur.)
=mantis=
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